France keeps up to 500 schools shut as pupil revolt enters third week
Lessons have been suspended in between 400 and 500 French secondary schools on October 5, among them more than a third of the lycées in the Paris region.
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Pope Leo XIV sets out Europe’s moral foundations in Schuman’s Metz
The Pontiff closed his French visit with a defence of the family, the welcome of the stranger and human life at every stage, in the city of one of the European Union's…
Pope Leo XIV tells Macron right to life is foundation of all other rights
In his first speech on French soil, the Pontiff condemned surrogacy and assisted death in the palace where France's end-of-life law was signed in August.
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Pope Leo XIV’s four-day visit tests France’s secular consensus
The pontiff arrives in Paris for a journey that takes in the Élysée Palace, Lourdes and Metz, the first official papal trip to France in 18 years.
Macron warns of Leipzig-style Russian attack on France despite unproven Moscow role
The French President said the German airport drone marked a shift from hybrid warfare to war, though no one has been charged and Berlin has not published its evidence.
Macron and Trump eye diplomatic fixes for Hormuz without ‘global deal’
The French President has also pressed Washington to speed up interceptor deliveries to Kyiv and has backed an energy truce between Ukraine and Russia.
French debt heads for highest level in nearly half a century
The finance ministry has forecast public debt close to 120 per cent of GDP this year as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu struggles to get an austerity budget through…
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On the brink of war? Europe’s leaders press on towards confrontation with Russia
Germany counted hospital beds for wounded troops, Lithuania mapped escape routes and Britain asked households to stock tinned food.
Macron orders infrastructure shield against Russian attacks and calls G7 energy meeting
"The Russian hybrid threat against Europeans and against France has intensified," he said.
Morgan Stanley tells clients to short French and Belgian debt
The recommendations come as investors increasingly demand a premium to hold the debt of governments struggling with large deficits and rising debt burdens.
France cuts growth forecast in half and admits deficit will overshoot 5 per cent
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee) had already put the figure at 0.
Most Europeans say the EU is in decline
Sixty-eight per cent of those interviewed described Europe in terms of “general deterioration or a loss of normality”.
Burnham and Macron now want Channel deterrence scaled up across Europe
Both governments have promised tougher action before, and French police still cannot stop a dinghy once it is afloat.
Toei denies licensing a Dragon Ball park in France, contradicting Paris
The statement undercuts the August 24 Élysée announcement that France and Saudi Arabia would build a manga park inspired by the franchise near the French capital.
Saudi Arabia to invest €6 billion in three theme parks near Paris
Including one widely reported to be inspired by the Japanese manga and anime franchise Dragon Ball Z.
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Russia presses Armenia to choose between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union
For Moscow, the accelerating European presence in Armenia threatens a long-standing sphere of economic, political and security influence.
Washington stalls approval of Macron’s ambassador pick after UN rights clash
Aurélien Lechevallier was due to take up the post in September but has yet to receive American consent.
French court rejects Macron party bid to ban Le Pen’s Renaissance campaign slogan
The image was also adopted as the banner of the account on X of the National Rally (RN), the party led by Jordan Bardella.
France passes worst fire season on record as arson arrests mount
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said nine out of 10 blazes were started by people, as the European Commission sent further aircraft to the Gironde.
France asks help from EU as it struggles to get a grip on massive wildfires
President Emmanuel Macron said France had activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to request additional aerial firefighting support.
Macron blocks environment minister’s exit over pesticide law
Barbut announced this morning that she would resign after accusing the government of reneging on commitments to oppose provisions allowing the possible return of…
France legalises euthanasia after government overrides Senate
Until now French law let doctors sedate the dying but treated the deliberate causing of death as a criminal offence.
Macron awards Starmer the Legion of Honour days before he leaves office
Only one other British prime minister has held a comparable French honour. Winston Churchill was awarded the higher-ranking Grand Cross in 1958.
France showcases European unity with Ukraine at Macron’s final Bastille Day parade
Some 500 soldiers from the Coalition of the Willing, the grouping of nations backing Kyiv against Moscow, opened the march down the Champs-Élysées.
Coalition of the Willing agrees force for Ukraine will train in neighbouring states
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Is the death penalty coming back?
During the ninth World Congress Against the Death Penalty, Macron noted the resurgence of capital punishment globally, amid debates in France following shocking…
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Confused about French politics? Blame lawfare
As France gears up for the presidential elections in 2027, Marine Le Pen's unexpected candidacy is overshadowed by legal issues that highlight the influence of prosecutors…
Explosions hit Damascus during Macron’s visit to Syria
The Interior Ministry said four of the wounded were police officers and that no deaths had been reported.
France World Cup win against Paraguay spirals into an international dispute
Emmanuel Macron weighed in on a dispute sparked by racist remarks from Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla directed at France captain Kylian Mbappé.
France heads for post-Macron era on April 18 and May 2
France will elect a new president on April 18 and May 2, 2027, concluding Emmanuel Macron's decade in power and heralding a highly unpredictable political contest.